guardiancomment: humanrightswatch: Police in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco are confiscating condoms from sex workers and transgender women, undermining health department campaigns to reduce HIV. Don’t take away people’s condoms! Read more and watch our interviews of sex workers here. © 2012 Human Rights Watch We’ll have more on that soon - particularly interesting is the fact that it goes against years of successful public health initiatives when it comes to HIV/AIDS harm reduction.

guardiancomment:

humanrightswatch:

Police in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco are confiscating condoms from sex workers and transgender women, undermining health department campaigns to reduce HIV.

Don’t take away people’s condoms!

Read more and watch our interviews of sex workers here.

© 2012 Human Rights Watch

We’ll have more on that soon - particularly interesting is the fact that it goes against years of successful public health initiatives when it comes to HIV/AIDS harm reduction.

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    WTF
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    This makes no sense.
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    Unless they’re deliberately singling out trans*women IN ADDITION to sex workers, which would not surprise me at all.
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    Good question, they could have just said sex workers.
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    wait, how is confiscating trans* women’s condoms even relevant to this completely backwards and incorrect attack on sex...
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    Most people I know who are sexually active carry condoms. How the fuck is that evidence of anything beyond ‘I’m having...
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    Yeah, I’m not getting the logic either.